Countries
India, Nepal
  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
  
National Language
India, Nepal
  
Bangladesh, India
  
Second Language
Nepal
  
India
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
  
Interesting Facts
- Earlier, Maithili language was considered as the dialect of Hindi and Bengali, however in the year 2003 Maithili achieved an independent language status in India.
- Maithili has rich literature.
  
- Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
- 21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali language.
  
Similar To
Bhojpuri Language
  
Assamese and Oriya
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Bengali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Consonants
Not Available
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
pranam
  
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
  
Thank You
dhanyabad
  
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
  
How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?
  
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
  
Good Night
Śubharātri
  
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
  
Good Evening
shubh sandhya
  
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
  
Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar
  
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
  
Good Morning
Suprabhaat
  
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
  
Please
kripaya
  
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
  
Sorry
maf karai
  
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
  
Bye
Alavidā
  
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
  
I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
  
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
  
Excuse Me
kripaya
  
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
  
Dialect 1
Tharuwat
  
Chakma
  
Where They Speak
Nepal
  
Bangladesh, Burma, India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Madhubani
  
Hajong
  
Where They Speak
North India
  
Bangladesh, India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Khortha
  
Rarhi
  
Where They Speak
Deoghar, France
  
India
  
How Many People Speak?
32.00 million
  
35
215.00 million
  
9
Native Speakers
27.00 million
  
30
196.00 million
  
7
Second Language Speakers
2.80 million
  
33
19.00 million
  
16
Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
  
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
  
Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
  
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
  
French Name
maithili
  
bengali
  
German Name
Maithili
  
Bengali
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not available
  
Ethnicity
Maithil
  
Bengalis (Bengali people)
  
Origin
14th century
  
1000–1200 CE
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Abahatta, Old Bengali
  
Standard Forms
Standard Maithili
  
Bengali
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
bn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mai
  
ben
  
ISO 639 2/B
mai
  
ben
  
ISO 639 3
mai
  
ben
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mait1250
  
beng1280
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
59-AAF-u
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Maithili and Bengali Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Maithili and Bengali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Maithili and Bengali language. Maithili word for "Hello" is pranam or Bengali word for "Thank You" is ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad). Find more of such common Maithili Greetings and Bengali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Maithili vs Bengali Difficulty
The Maithili vs Bengali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Maithili Alphabets and Bengali Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Maithili and Bengali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Maithili and Bengali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Maithili is Not Available while to learn Bengali time required is 44 weeks.